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Inflation and seasonality in the volatility of online fruit prices in Argentina

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how inflation and seasonality influence the weekly price volatility of fresh fruits in Argentina, examining pass-through effects and heterogeneous volatility dynamics across 46 products. Design/methodology/approach Weekly online supermarket...

Is Influencer Marketing More than Persuasion? A SOR-Based Review of the Indian Consumer Mindset

Influencer marketing has emerged as a dominant communication strategy in India’s rapidly expanding digital marketplace, reshaping how brands engage with consumers across social media platforms. Despite growing scholarly attention, existing research remains fragmented across theme...

AI Partners and the Search for a New Philosophical Anchoring

Against the backdrop of the rapid popularization of AI companion technologies and intimate interaction technologies in contemporary China, this article challenges the traditional normative ethical framework centered on emotional authenticity, deception, and moral legitimacy. It a...

Monte Carlo-Based Borehole Effect Correction in Uranium Fission Prompt Neutron Logging Using the Epithermal-to-Thermal Neutron Ratio

Borehole effects are a critical source of uncertainty in uranium fission prompt neutron (PFN) logging, particularly in sandstone-type uranium deposits with complex borehole conditions. This study develops a quantitative correction method for borehole diameter effects based on Mon...

Enhancing Nigeria's Avocado Value Chain through Sustainable Production, Value Addition, and Export Development: Implications for Food Security and Rural Livelihoods

Nigeria's persistent food-security challenges, rural poverty, limited value addition in agriculture, and dependence on relatively narrow agricultural markets underscore the need for diversified and sustainable approaches to agricultural development. High-value horticultural commo...

Protective role of dietary antioxidant intake on long-term effects of extreme PM2.5 exposure on respiratory health

Objective: To test whether dietary antioxidants moderated effects of PM 2.5 from coal mine fire smoke on respiratory symptoms. Methods: We conducted cross-sectional analyses of diet and respiratory symptom data from 448 members of the Hazelwood Health Study Adult cohort. Individu...

The effects of bar positioning, stance width, repetition, and load on muscle activity during the barbell back squat

The barbell back squat is used widely across multiple sporting disciplines as part of strength and conditioning training. There are multiple training variations within performing a BBS. The hypothesis of this study was that bar positioning (high bar versus low bar), stance width...

Healthy finances but poor health: a qualitative study of Australian older white-collar workers

Background As governments become more concerned about the costs of supporting an ageing population, some have adopted policy levers to incentivise mature labour force participation. Since 1 July 2023 Australia has increased the age at which government-provided pensions can be acc...

Identification of robust speech-based markers of negative symptom severity in schizophrenia spectrum disorders

There is growing interest in using digital health technologies to overcome limitations of traditional negative symptom assessment in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). For example, computerized speech analysis has been used to quantify speech and language changes associated...

Motion Control of ROVs Using Improved ADRC-Based Fractional-Order Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control

To address the motion control challenges of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) under model uncertainties, external disturbances, and uncertain hydrodynamic parameters, this study proposes a fractional-order super-twisting sliding mode control (FOST-SMC) strategy based on improved...

Recovery of Double-Pendulum Chaos from a Screened Enchan Field--Matter Model

Recovery of Double-Pendulum Chaos from a Screened Enchan Field–Matter Model Without System-Specific Equations of Motion This work investigates whether the previously proposed Enchan Field can recover ordinary Newtonian constrained dynamics in its strongly screened terrestrial lim...

Recent Developments in Invasomal Drug Delivery Systems for Effective Topical Therapy: A Review

ABSTARCTCutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) is the second most common non-melanoma skincancer (NMSC), with topical therapies offering a promising opportunity for treatment; however,their delivery to target tissues is often inadequate. Invasive phospholipid nanovesicles enric...

Controlled Partial Reconstruction Width (CPR-WIDTH-V2.0)

Controlled Partial Reconstruction Width (CPR-Width) is a reconstruction-oriented structural parameter for finite combinatorial problems. Instead of measuring the complete candidate space, CPR-Width measures the maximum number of task-relevant components that must remain simultane...

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Gender Ideology and LGBTQ+ Lobby Conspiracies Scale (GILC): Evidence from a Chilean Sample

Conspiracy beliefs targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals have attracted increasing attention in social and political psychology due to their role in prejudice, social exclusion, and resistance to social change. Despite growing interest in t...

Are We Living in an Algorithmically Determined World?

This paper critically examines the pervasive yet often unsubstantiated notion that we are living in an algorithmically determined world. While popular discourse and some academic literature suggest a monolithic takeover by algorithmic systems, this research argues for a more nuan...

Approximation of the Riemann Zeta Function via MERA Tensor Networks: A Study of Convergence and Error Bounds Based on Mellin Operators

This paper presents a novel computational framework that maps the analytic continuation of the Riemann Zeta function $\zeta(s)$ in the critical strip $0 < \Re(s) < 1$ onto Multiscale Entanglement Renormalization Ansatz (MERA) tensor networks via the Dirichlet Eta function $\eta(s...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 1653 Sources, 12010 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 1653 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 12010 leads across 13 categories. 10028 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 994, "FORMULA": 838, "GEOMETRIC": 718, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 1043, "QUANTUM": 1256, "TIMING": 204, "CELESTIAL": 922, "GEMATRIA": 990, "CONSTAN...

Multidisciplinary management of adult-type ovarian granulosa cell tumor in a patient with severe peripheral arterial disease and chronic limb-threatening ischemia: a case report

Reports describing the concurrent management of adult-type granulosa cell tumor (AGCT) and chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) are exceedingly rare, highlighting the challenges of treating a rare gynecologic malignancy in a medically fragile patient with severe peripheral ar...

The Commodification of Doctoral Student Agency in STEM Lab Supervision: A Phenomenologically Directed Study

Higher education research on STEM lab supervision has often addressed the dynamics of doctoral agency through three parallel strands of scholarship: the restriction of research judgment, the redefinition of scholarly self-understanding, and the redirection of agency toward produc...

Adherence to Biologics and Psycho-cognitive Factors in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Multicentric Cross-sectional Study

Background/Objective: Adherence to treatment in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) remains poorly documented, with estimates ranging from 28.2% to 70.6%. Psychological factors may influence adherence. This study aimed to assess adherence to biological disease-modifying antirheumatic...